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Jim and Joan

175 Hells Hollow Drive

Blue Ridge, GA  30513

(706) 258-2830

 

 

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, and die gallantly."

"SPECIALIZATION IS FOR INSECTS"

                                                                                    __Robert Heinlein Character Lazarus Long

 

"There is no point in tiptoeing through Life in order to arrive safely at Death"

                                      __Anon
 

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Richard T. "Jim" Holland  (Age 65)

IBM Corporation - 30 years (Retired)

President - LANCONN, Inc.

Email  - lanconn@tds.net

Amateur Radio Call Sign - KI4BEN

Fannin County Fire Mounted Search and Rescue

National Registry EMT First Responder
www.nremt.org

Wilderness First Responder
www.wildmed.com

Large Animal Emergency Rescue (LAER) www.tlaer.org

Tennessee State Farrier School

Forest Service Chain Saw Certified
Wildland Fire Chain Saw Certified
Forest Service Crosscut Saw Certified
Forest Service Crosscut Saw Reconditioning and Sharpening Certified

Trail Master and Mechanized Trail Equipment  Certified
http://www.traildesign.com/

Webmaster - Southern Appalachian Back Country Horsemen (www.sabch.org)

Director - Southern Appalachian Back
Country Horsemen

Vice-President - Back Country Horsemen of North Georgia (www.bchng.org)

USMC (Retired) (2nd Generation)

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (Retired)

Skydiver (Retired)

Member:

Daniel Boone Distance Riders (DBDR)

Back Country Horsemen of America (BCHA)

Arabian Horse Association (AHA)

Georgia Equine Rescue League (GERL)

Appalachian Trail Conservancy

Benton McKaye Trail Association (www.BMTA.org)

American Association of Retired Persons  (AARP)

USFS "TEAM CONASAUGA"

 

Joan Tipton (Age 50)

Email - joant@tds.net

Dental Office Manager 25 years

Treasurer, Back Country Horsemen of North Georgia
(www.bchng.org)  (joant@bchng.org)

 Forest Service "TEAM CONASAUGA" volunteer

Mother to Nathan and Bryan

Chief horse groomer and welfare advocate

Dog and cat feeder/scratcher

Landscape Architect ( I get to mow the pastures!)

Jim's personal foot warmer and back massager!

 

 

Bryan and Amber Tipton - Joan's Son and Daughter-in-Law

Joan's Daugter-in-Law Amber

Hi, there! I'm Leesta! Glad to be here! Where's my horse?

Bryan, Joan, and Granddaugher Leesta

Joan and Leesta

Leesta One Year Old!

Nathan and Lana Tipton - Joan's son and Daughter-in Law

Joan's grandson Will

Joan's Grandmother's Homeplace - Nancy Watkins

Grandniece Elizabeth "Biz" Futrell. The only girl on the hockey team, future Harvard graduate, Olympic Hockey Team, 2013

Jim and Grandfather Bland ("Dan-Dan")

Jim's Grandfather Bland Homeplace

The Nation's Christmas Tree

Birthday Ball

CH46

CH53

CH53 Airlift

Wreck Diving - North Carolina Coast - "Graveyard of the Atlantic"

Florida Keys Lobster

Wreck Dive - North Carolina Coast

Alta Ski Resort - Utah

Cessna 180 - Ready to fly

Flying the Chute

Great Fun!

Slalom Course

"Aerial" in Vertical Lift Exercise

Jim, Rebecca, and "Aerial"

Fannin County Search and Rescue

Treating an injured biker at the Blue Ridge Adventure Race

Mounted Search/Rescue

Mounted Search Rescue - Jim, Patty, and Susan

Fannin County Fire

Armuchee/Cohutta Ranger District, Chattahoochee National Forest Trails "TEAM"

Platoon Sgt. Richard Turner Holland, Sr.

Preparing for Guadalcanal, 1942 - Browning Machine Gun. Platoon Sgt. Richard Holland, standing.

Preparing for Guadalcanal, 1942

Preparing for Guadalcanal, 1942 - Flame Thrower class.

Guadalcanal Landing Boats

Guadalcanal Marines Rest

 

This site was last updated 04/21/08